Webinars
Starting a Food Business
Follow your dreams of starting a food business with our help. The Hatchery’s cornerstone curriculum course will help you launch a successful food and beverage company. Learn all about the food entrepreneurship space as well as required licensing, certification, financing, and branding. Each attendee will receive our Starting a Food Business checklist, taking you through each license and certification you need to consider, so you’ll get started on the right track.
Tuesday, September 15th
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Online!
Cost: $40
Register here!
Follow your dreams of starting a food business with our help. The Hatchery’s cornerstone curriculum course will help you launch a successful food and beverage company. Learn all about the food entrepreneurship space as well as required licensing, certification, financing, and branding. Each attendee will receive our Starting a Food Business checklist, taking you through each license and certification you need to consider, so you’ll get started on the right track.
Tuesday, September 15th
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Online!
Cost: $40
Register here!
inQbate Marketing Services for Small Businesses
inQbate is a Loyola Limited venture devoted to providing small, local businesses with the marketing services they need to sustain themselves and grow. Subsidized by Loyola University and its other student-led businesses, inQbate is able to provide marketing services that are priced significantly below industry-set norms.Join us for an information session to find out how ICNC/Make City businesses can benefit from the web design, social media and branding expertise services provided through the inQbate team.
Wednesday, September 16th
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Online!
Cost: FREE
Register here!
inQbate is a Loyola Limited venture devoted to providing small, local businesses with the marketing services they need to sustain themselves and grow. Subsidized by Loyola University and its other student-led businesses, inQbate is able to provide marketing services that are priced significantly below industry-set norms.Join us for an information session to find out how ICNC/Make City businesses can benefit from the web design, social media and branding expertise services provided through the inQbate team.
Wednesday, September 16th
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Online!
Cost: FREE
Register here!
Make City Virtual Town Hall
The team at ICNC would like to hear from our community of entrepreneurs at Make City during these challenging times. Please join us on Zoom for a Virtual Town Hall on Building Community at Make City.
Tuesday, September 22nd
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM & 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Online!
Cost: FREE
Register here for session 1!
Register here for session 2!
The team at ICNC would like to hear from our community of entrepreneurs at Make City during these challenging times. Please join us on Zoom for a Virtual Town Hall on Building Community at Make City.
- First Midwest Bank, a partner of ICNC, will participate in both sessions.
- Our team will provide you with different perspectives on how you can utilize our in-house expertise and services for entrepreneurs.
- You'll also hear from Make City founders and connect with other entrepreneurs at Make City to hear more about how our business community has weathered the challenges since the beginning of Covid.
Tuesday, September 22nd
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM & 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Online!
Cost: FREE
Register here for session 1!
Register here for session 2!
Starting a Business in Illinois
Understand the basic elements of starting a business in Illinois. Session will also touch on elements of entrepreneurship. Additionally, The Grant Accountability and Transparency Act Pre-Award information will help you prepare to quickly act on Notice Of Funding Opportunities. This workshop will cover basic registration requirements for submitting a grant application to the state of Illinois. Fiscal and administrative risk assessments, which are required prior to grant awards, also are covered. The workshop will not provide grant writing advice nor does it address existing or future grant opportunities.
Wednesday, September 23rd
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Online!
Cost: FREE
Register here!
Understand the basic elements of starting a business in Illinois. Session will also touch on elements of entrepreneurship. Additionally, The Grant Accountability and Transparency Act Pre-Award information will help you prepare to quickly act on Notice Of Funding Opportunities. This workshop will cover basic registration requirements for submitting a grant application to the state of Illinois. Fiscal and administrative risk assessments, which are required prior to grant awards, also are covered. The workshop will not provide grant writing advice nor does it address existing or future grant opportunities.
Wednesday, September 23rd
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Online!
Cost: FREE
Register here!
International E-Commerce and Social Media Marketing Boot Camp (5-Part Series)
This program will have 5 one-hour webinars, every Friday between October 2nd and October 30th, that will help companies to recover revenue after COVID disruption by expanding their sales internationally using E-Commerce platforms. The program will help companies identify new markets and additional revenue streams to rebuild their business without heavy cost.
Friday, October 2nd - Friday, October 30th
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Online!
Cost: FREE
Register here!
This program will have 5 one-hour webinars, every Friday between October 2nd and October 30th, that will help companies to recover revenue after COVID disruption by expanding their sales internationally using E-Commerce platforms. The program will help companies identify new markets and additional revenue streams to rebuild their business without heavy cost.
Friday, October 2nd - Friday, October 30th
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Online!
Cost: FREE
Register here!
Sponsor Events
Event sponsorship presents the ICNC members with unique opportunities to showcase their business. Contact the ICNC for current event sponsorship opportunities for your business.